The initiative is a collaboration with BGI Group, a Chinese company specialising in genetics research, alongside NARO ...

Realising the untapped potential of bamboo, Uganda has developed the National Bamboo Strategy 2019–2029 as a framework to support the development of the bamboo sector. Uganda’s population ...

Guadua bamboo, a species from Latin America, can absorb more than 30,000 liters of water in 1 hectare. It then deposits this back during the dry season. Some bamboo varieties grow up to 1 meter a day, ...

The Chinese government has announced plans to establish a bamboo training and plantation project in Uganda. According to the Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Zhang Lizhong, Chinese bamboo experts ...

At a 3,200-acre facility in rural Virginia, the zoo harvests over 13,000 bamboo stalks a year. The process is ramping up for ...

For a lowly grass, the bamboo is one of the most celebrated. People have waxed poetic and written aphorisms about it.

Bamboo cutting boards are prized by home chefs, but they will eventually degrade. Fortunately, you can still turn it into a ...

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Cotton will always be No. 1 in my book, but linen and naturally derived fibers like rayon (from bamboo or eucalyptus) are gaining in popularity, which means you can find bedding that fits your ...